Case or carton



Oct. 23, 1934.

CASE OR CARTON Filed May 12 1934 J. F. NAHM ET AL 2 Sheets-Sheet l0757277 FAZZZ? M ,q A9451 Oct. 23, 1934. J. F. NAHM ET AL CASE OR CARTONFiled May 12, 1934 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Oct. 23, 1934 warren STATESgames CASE OR CARTON John F. Nahm and Louis A. Nahm, St. Louis, Mo.

Application May 12, 1934, Serial No. 725,228 r 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a case or carton, and has special reference tonovel means mounted in connection with a case or carton and operative toopen and to close the same.

Objects of the invention are to provide a device for use in connectionwith a case or carton and comprising walls engaging the walls of thecase or carton and having a connection hinged to said walls of saiddevice and provided with an opening which may be brought into and out ofregistration with one end of the case or carton so as to provide anopening through which articles may be removed from and placed in thecase or carton when the device is properly manipulated; to provide ieanswhereby the open end of the case or carton may be closed by saidconnection when said device is manipulated in another manner; and to provide improved means wherebysaid. connection may be easily engaged andmanipulated and move the device from one position to another.

Another object of the invention is. to provide improved means forholding the device in cooperative relationship with the case or carton.

Other objects will appear from the following description, taken inconnection with the annexed drawings, in which- 1 is a perspective View,with parts broken away, having an embodiment of our improved closuredevice in connection therewith and in closed position.

Fig. 2 is a similar perspective view showing the device in openposition.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view approximately on the line 3-3 01Fig. 1, the closure device being in closed position.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the case or carton.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the blank forming the closure device.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a case or carton having an alternativeform of our improved closure device in connection therewith and in openposition. H

Fig. 7 is a similar perspective view showing another alternative closuredevice in. closed. position.

Fig. 8 is a similar perspective 'view showing the closure device in openposition.

Fig. 9 is a vertical sectional view approximately on the line 9--9 ofFig. 7.

Fig. 10 is a vertical sectional view on the line 10l0 of Fig. 8;

Fig. 11 is a perspective view showing this latter alternative form ofclosure device apart from the case or carton and the parts thereof inthe positions they occupy to close the case or carton.

Fig. 12 is a similar perspective view showing the parts in the positionsthey occupy-when the case or carton is open. r

The case or carton in connection with which the device is shown is acigarette container and comprises vertical side walls 1, vertical endwalls 2, and a bottom wall 3 connected with the lower ends of the walls1 and 2. The upper end of one of the Walls 1 is shown withnotches 4formed therein but these may be provided or not, as desired.

The upper end of the case or carton is open and-our improvedclosure'device is applied to the case or carton in such a way as to beeasily manipulative to open and to close said upper end. The bottom wall3 may have slits 5. forming tonguesG to be pushed upwardly to raise thecigarettes and extend them through the upper end of the case or cartonfor convenient withdrawal.

As shown,- one form of the closure device comprises a blank made ofcardboard, or the like, and including an end member 7 having approximately the same width as the walls 1 and having connected with itslateral edges the tabs 8. The part? is designed and intended to seatagainst and slide along one wall 1 while the tabs 8, which are connectedwith the part 7 along score lines 9, extend across and against the walls2. The blank further comprises a part 10 matching the part 7 and havingabout the same width as the walls land being arranged to seal againstand slide along the opposite wall 1 from the part 7. Tabs ,11 areconnected with the side edges of the part 10 along fold lines or scorelines 12 and are designed andadapted to overlap the tabs 8 adjacent. tothe walls 2.

The part 10 of the blank has connected with its upper edge a tab 13,which is approximately of the same area as the area of theend of thecase or carton so as to form acomplete closure for the upper end of thecase or carton. The part 13 is connected with the part 10 by a hingedevice or fold line 14.

A connecting element 15 has one end attached to the part 7 by a hingedevice 16 and hasits opposite end forming an outwardly extended lip orflange 17 integrally or otherwise connected with the adjacent edge ofthe tab 13. The connecting element 15 extends from the part? a distancein excess of the distance between the walls 1 and has one edge incontinuation of one edge of the tab 13 and also in alinement with one ofthe till hinge lines 9 and one of the hinge lines 12 (Fig. 5). The widthof the connecting element in the other direction is less than the widthof the parts '7 and 10, so that an opening will be provided at the endof the case or carton when the device is in proper position to form-suchan opening.

The tab 13 is provided at each end with a tab 18. The tabs 18 extenddownwardly at the inner ides of the walls 2 and constitute means to holdthe ends of the tab 13 in proper alinement with the remaining portion ofsaid tab. Thus, the ends of the tab 13 are held from bending or curvingupwardly from the end of the case or carton.

The parts 7, 8, 10 and 11 which extend downwardly at the inner sides ofthe walls 1 and 2 are slidable from the position shown in Fig. 1 to theposition shown in Fig. 2. In Fig. 1 the extended part 17, which isattached to both the tab 13 and the connecting element 15, extendslaterally and is readily engageable by the tips of the fingers or fingernails, so that the tab 13 may be swung upwardly to move the parts 7 and8 upwardly, and then push downwardly to move the parts 10, 11 and 13downwardly to provide an opening at the end of the case or carton, asshown in Fig. 2.

A device embodying these features of construction is easily manuallyengageable and movable and is guided properly by cooperation of theparts '7, 8, 10, 11 and 18 with the walls 1 and 2 and with each other.

In the alternative form of the device shown in Fig. 6, the case orcarton is of the same construction as that already described herein. Theclosure device comprises an end part 19 having the shape and dimensionsof the part 10 and extending, preferably for sliding movements, alongthe inner side of one of the walls 1' of the case or carton. A tab 20 ispivotally or flexibly connected with the upper end of the part 19 andhas about the same shape and size as the tab 13 in order to close andcover the entire end of the case'or carton when in closed position. Arelatively narrow tongue 21 extends from the free edge of the tab 20 andis pivotally or flexibly connected therewith. The tongue 21 is designedand intended to extend downwardly at the inner side of the wall 1opposite from the part 19 and to maintain frictional engagement with thestructure of the case or carton to hold the tab 20 close against theends of the walls 1 and 2 in order to close the case or carton. Thetongue 21 is withdrawable and insertable at will in order to open andclose the case or carton, as should be understood by thereto withexponents. In addition, this alternative, form of device comprises aconnecting strip 23 extending across thepart 10 and having its endsattached to the tabs 8'. This device may be mounted around the case orcarton instead of at the inside thereof. It should be obvious that thedevice is easily slidable and movable from the position shown in Fig. 7to the position shown in Fig. 8, and vice versa, in order to open andclose the carton.

The construction and arrangement of our improved closure device may bevaried otherwise than in the particulars specifically illustrated and wecontemplate such variations as may be desired.

We claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a case or cartonhaving walls forming an enclosure open at one end, in combination with aclosure therefor having end portions extending downwardly for relativelongitudinal sliding movements along the walls of said case or cartonand having an intermediate portion provided with an opening adapted tobe brought into and out of registration with: the open end of said caseor carton when said endportions are slid in 0pposite directions, hingesconnecting said intermediate portion with said end portionsrespectively, and a projecting manually engageable part in connectionwith said intermediate portion whereby said intermediate portion may beoperated to slide said end portions and place said opening in or out ofregistration with the open end of said case or carton as aforesaid.

2. A closure for a case or carton that has side walls forming anenclosure with an open end comprising a device having a portionextending across and closing said open end of said case or carton andhaving the opposite end portions extending downwardly for relativesliding movements, overlapping tabs in connection with said endportions, means connecting said first-named portion with one of said endportions, a connecting portion uniting said first-named portion with theother end portion and forming an opening adapted to be brought into andout of registration with the open end of said case or carton to open andto close the same, means preventing separation of said end portion andsaid tabs from the case or carton, and a handle member in connectionwith said first-named portion for operating said device.

3. A closure for a case or carton that has side walls forming anenclosure with an open end comprising a device having portions extendingdownwardly at opposite sides of said side walls, overlapping tabs inconnection with the side edges of said portions, means hinged to saidside portions and movable to position to close said open end and alsomovable to position to open said open end, and means connecting a pairof said tabs and holding the closure in connection with and guiding saidclosure in movements relative to said case or carton.

4. A closure for a case or carton that has side walls forming anenclosure with an open end comprising a device having portions extendingdownwardly at opposite sides of said side walls, overlapping tabs inconnection with the side edges of said portions, means hinged to saidside portions and movable to position to close said open endand alsomovable to position to open said open end, means connecting a pair ofsaid tabs and holding the closure in connection with and guiding saidclosure in movements relative to said case. or carton, and a handlemember in connection with said device and projecting therefrom formanual engagement to operate said de vice. 4

JOHN F. NAHM. LOUIS A. NAHM.

